Today, we will be looking at 5 types of self-deception, that we need to be on guard against. And if we heed the warning, we will avoid experiencing, "THE AGONY OF DECEIT".

"THE AGONY OF DECEIT"
TEXT: I Corinth. 3:18-23, 6:9-11; Gal. 6:7; James 1:22,26
INTRODUCTION
She woke up early and decided to take a walk. The air was clear and brisk, the birds were singing to one another in the trees. She stopped for a moment to say hello, and pat a mother deer and
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Knowing more about Samson’s life offers us a wider scope of understanding regarding the danger of self-confidence and spiritual leniency.

Self-confidence is a misplaced reliance and it is offensive before the sight of God. Its deceitfulness is being revealed from generation to generation and sorrowfully experienced by its trapped victims. Samson, the strongest man who ever lived, is a warning example for all those who dare to
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Jeremiah 17:5-10
“The Deceitful Heart”
By: Kenneth Emerson Sauer,
Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church,
Newport News, VA
www.parkview-umc.org.
I was talking with a very troubled man this past week.
He is a 50 year old drug addict and alcoholic who has been married several times,
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Was Judas a good man or bad? What can his actions warn us of in our own walk with God?

OPEN: When a couple caught an intruder in their bedroom, the thief pulled a gun and announced, "Now that you’ve seen me, I’m going to have to shoot you."
He pointed his gun at the woman and said, "I like to know the names of my victims. What’s your name?"
"Elizabeth," the woman replied.
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The Bible speaks of planting or sowing discord like a farmer planting seeds. Deceit is the catalyst by which discord is sown or planted in the church.

I. Introduction
Read Genesis 29
(Psalm 101:7) No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.
That’s a very heavy penalty for something that is usually said without thinking!
Most deceit has its origin in thoughtlessness and
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When people reject God's ways or God's truth, the only way remaining is the way of sin & selfishness. As people get further involved in sin, their sin inhibits their willingness & ability to form right judgments about life.

ROMANS 1: 28-32
ABANDONED TO A DEPRAVED LIFESTYLE
This section addresses the havoc that occurs in human relationships and in society because of mankind's suppressing of the knowledge of God (1:18). We have discovered previously in our study of Romans chapter one that people who crave
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Let’s look at the Book of Proverbs & see some of the different ways heart trouble in the inner person affects us. Perhaps you will recognize one of these symptoms which is warning you of heart trouble in your inner being.

HEART TROUBLE
PROVERBS 12: 20, 25
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of men and women in America. Heart failure accounts for 40% of all U.S. deaths. That’s more than all forms of cancer combined.
Why is heart disease so deadly? One reason is that many people are slow to seek help when
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This section is structured by the powerful effects of God's Word. It revives the soul, imparts inner strength, guides into truth, & enlarges the heart. So our psalmist reveals his condition, then confesses that God's Word is the answer.

Why is Satan a liar? Why can’t he seem to handle the truth? And what does that tell us about the truth that’s in Christ?

(Enter wearing a military style outfit and address the audience as a drill sergeant might raw recruits. I even looked at one of our men and told him to “suck that stomach in soldier”)
OPEN: You are gathered in this assembly hall this morning to begin your basic training as a soldier of Jesus
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